Improvement in machines for making hair-puffs



A. L. oLsEN.

Machines for.Making Hair-Puffs. NO 149 602, Patented Aprll4,l874.

UNITED STATES l PATENT QFFICEo ANDERI L. OLSEN, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVENINT IN MACHINES FOR MAKING HAIR-PUFFS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 149,602, dated April 14, 1874; application led February 10, 1874.

.To all whom it may concern:

Beit known thatI, ANDERI LEONHARDT OL- sEN, of the city, county, and State of N ew York, have invented certain Improvements in Machines for Making Puffs of Hair, -VVool, &c., of which the following is a specification:

This invention is designed to provide a machine for making the puffs 7-so calledcommonly used in ladies hair-dressing to expand and display the natural locks, and which comprise tufts of hair, wool, or equivalent material, bound upon a central cord or strand by a wire wound around the latter.

The invention consists in the combination of a guide through which the strand is passed to drawing or feeding rollers, or equivalent devices, and a rotary winder, which winds the wire around or upon the strand, the hair or other, material being placed between the wire and strand, by manual or other means, in such manner as to be confined and re-v tained between the two as the Wire is tightened to its place. The invention further comprises certain novel combinationsv of parts, whereby the most efficient working or operation of the just mentioned more essential feature of the invention is secured.

Figure 1 isa side elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan view, of a machine made according to my invention.

A is a hollow'rotating shaft, the opening at the inner end a of which is made of such size as to permit the easy passage and requisite guidance of a cord or strand, B, of any suitable textile or other material. Upon the outer end of this hollow shaft A is a gearwheel, C, gearing into a larger gear-wheel, D, the shaft E of which has at one end a conepulley, F, and at the other a crank, A', or, when preferred, a bandwheel. From the cone-pulley extends a crossed belt, G, giving motion to the pulley H of the shaft I. That end'of this shaft opposite the pulley H just mentioned has a feed or drawing roller, J, above` which is a similar roller, K, operating either simply from` friction derived from, or exerted by, the roller J, or connected therewith by gears. These rollers are, preferably,

covered with india-rubber, and the upper one made adjustable by a screw, 11.

It will be seen that, by turning the crank A', a rotary movementis simultaneously given to the hollow shaft A and the feed-rollers J K.

Arranged parallel with the shaft E is a spool, L, upon which is wound the cord or strand B, which is run from the said spool through the hollow shaft A, and from and through the guide constituted. by the end a thereof to and between the feed-rollers J K, which last, by their movement, draw the strand through the guide from the spool. Provided upon the inner end of the hollow shaft A is an elastic arm, b, which forms a Winder, or winding device, which is coiled at a, and the extremity of which is shaped into a loop, c. Loose upon the adjacent portions of the said shaft is a reel, M, upon which is coiled the bindingwire f, which is passed therefrom through the coil a" and loop c', and thence to the strand B, to which, at the outset of the' operation of making the puffs, the extremity of the said wire is attached by twisting or otherwise.

It will be seen that, by the simultaneous rotation of the feed-rollers and the hollow shaft, the arm b is caused to carry the wire around the strand, winding it spirally upon the same.

As this winding of the wire upon the strand progresses, the operator or attendant places the hair, wool, or equivalent material, in'tufts, radially between the wire and the strand, immediatelybefore the closing of the former upon the latter, at about the point c, the wire tightening upon the strand immediately thereafter, and thereby fastening the tuft in place, this operation being repeated in rapid succession,

as the strand is drawn forward by and between the feed-rollers, until the entire length of the strand is filled or furnished with the attached hair or other material employed.

The continuous puff,77 thus formed, requires only to be divided into suitable lengths, and subjected to the usual nishing operation, to be ready for sale or use.

What I claim as my invention isl. rlhe combination of the guide a', through which the cord or strand B is passed to the feed-rollers, with the rotating winding-arm b, which winds the wire f upon the strand to coniine the hair, wool, or like material upon the strand, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the hollow shaft A, carrying or constituting the guide a', and furnished with the winding-arm b, the reel M, and the feed-rollers J K, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the hollow shaft A,

furnished with the guide a', and carrying the winding-arm b, of the spool L, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the feed-rollers J K, pulley H, hollow shaft A, carrying `the guide a', reel M, and winding-arm b, the gear-wheels C D, pulley F, and. crossed belt Gr, the whole arranged for operation, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ANDERI LEONHARDT OLSEN.

Witnesses:

J AMES A. WHITNEY, WILL. S. BROWN. 

